The Cordle Fam

Ok…so mom’s found her camera (part 1), charged the batteries and cleared out the memory card. Now what? Here are a few things that’ll help you snap a few more keepers than you did last year. Ready?

1. Get Close
2. No More Blur
3. Just Pay Attention
4. Be Snap Happy

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Hey Folks- In conjunction with the new web site theme, we’ve set it up so you can now subscribe to the blog using email if you’d like. That way you’re guaranteed not to miss anything good.

It’s pretty easy…you just click on either this link or the one that says “Entries (Email)” on the sidebar on the right and then put in your email address. You won’t get a million messages a week or anything crazy…you’ll just get one message on days that we post. So if we post 6 times one week, but only on 4 different days, you’ll get 4 emails.

You can also subscribe to the “Comments” as well if you want to do that for some crazy reason. Anyway…Hope you enjoy!

Family Christmas gatherings are coming up super-quick, so I wanted to make sure that this is the best yet when it comes to picture-taking. Everybody & their uncle has a fancy camera now, and whether it’s the tiny one that fits in your pocket, or the huge one that uses its own suitcase, there’s no excuse for not taking good pictures.

There’s a photography site called PhotoJoJo that’s just too cool. They also put out a really good newsletter. Anyway, a while back they posted a guide on “How to Look Good in Pictures”. Among the tips…

• Stand Upright
• Don’t Shine
• Stretch Your Neck (my personal fav)

Be sure and check it out. Ok, and before we get to Part 2 in a few days, there are a few things you need to do to get ready. Go ahead and charge/buy batteries for your camera and clear our your memory cards so you can fit all the awesome pictures you’ll be taking.

Mom, a special tip for you. Find your camera. Let’s try and do it sooner rather than later so as not to get stressed or lectured by dad on Christmas. Ok…now stand by for Part 2…

Notice anything different? The goal for this site was to not crash & burn within 2 months. Although we’ve come close at times, I think that we’re still kicking 10 months later. So, I finally got around to changing our theme up a little. I’m not 100% in love with it, but it’s much better than the default theme we’ve been rocking for so long. What do you think?

Also, I’m hoping you’ll allow me to experiment a little bit with some ad links on the side bar. I’ll explain more about that stuff later, but for now just let me know if they get too annoying.

Thanks!

I love funny pictures.

It’s often said that “today is the first day of the rest of your life”. Months from now, I hope to look back on this day as more than just another forgettable day. Last summer, I made the decision to return to Nashville in April and run a full marathon. After significant procrastination (and one final large heath bar blizzard from Dairy Queen), today marks the first day of my marathon training. I jogged 10 minutes on the treadmill, and walked 15. You have to start somewhere, right?

But wait, there’s more. As if training for a marathon weren’t suffering enough, I’ve also decided to completely give up sweets until Christmas Eve. No ice cream. No Coke. No cookies. Nothing. You may be sitting there eating your salad, thinking “that’s not hard…what’s the big deal?”. And yeah, I’ve gone through spells before where I’ve tried to eat better and all, but nothing like this. I’m a guy who enjoys more than his fair share of dessert.

Today, I weight 217 lbs and I’m out of shape. But today I’m taking the first step down the road to do something about it.

When’s the last time you’ve had an unforgettable day?

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Phil 4:13

(from here)

I just made my way over to my cousin Carrie’s blog a little while ago, and this is what I saw…

I don’t guess I realized that the flood waters are still crazy high.  She has tons more pictures…go take a look.  Good luck Carrie & George!